The Best April Fools Day 2020 Memes, Jokes & Pranks

The Brief: April Fools Day 2020 takes place during a pandemic, causing some people to shy away from the holiday while others continue to share pranks, jokes, and memes.

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Should April Fools Day Be Canceled?

As April 1st, 2020 falls during a global pandemic, not everyone feels like celebrating. Google even canceled their annual prank, which is usually a staple in the April Fools prank-o-sphere. Many people called for April Fools Day to be canceled as this pandemic presents such a serious and tragic situation. Others suggested that the day should be canceled because the entirety of 2020 has been a “joke.”

All that considered, everyone has different ways of coping and as long as no one is being harmed or put at risk, it can be ok to have a bit of April Fools Day fun, share memes, and even play a light prank.

April Fools Pranks

As pranks can sometimes be thinly veiled harassment, they’ve always been a bit iffy. This April Fools Day, some people still managed to find ways to prank each other to pass the time during quarantine, or to just be a jerk and then yell “Apil fools!”

On Reddit, prank shenanigans have included subreddits switching places with each other as pictured below with r/HistoryMemes and r/PrequelMemes. For more like this, check out this crowdsourced list of Reddit and internet pranks occurring today.